I do like this! 'Sirius the dog' is actually starting to make sense of this character for me (finally . . .). Only a very canine thoughtlessness could explain the werwolf escapade (since even if no-one was hurt Snape would have told everyone in Slytherin that Lupin was a werwolf - there is no way that Lupin could have avoided expulsion no matter what happened). And a very similar carelessness of his feelings seems to be paving the way for Peter's eventual betrayal - I was quite shocked at the way James and Sirius treated him in the pensieve scene. Whereas Snape, although he can be deliberately cruel, is never thoughtless or brutal.
But, although I agree with you that love is action, not fine words, I do sometimes wonder if JKR does not mean Sirius and Severus to be equal and opposite in this regard, and if, just as Sirius is brought down by his lack of concern for those he does not like, Severus's downfall might be his lack of warm-heartedness. I can't help thinking of Corinthians 13.3 ('And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing'), and I notice that EVERYONE accepts without question that Snape murdered Dumbledore, and I am very worried for him.
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Date: 2007-05-17 07:15 pm (UTC)But, although I agree with you that love is action, not fine words, I do sometimes wonder if JKR does not mean Sirius and Severus to be equal and opposite in this regard, and if, just as Sirius is brought down by his lack of concern for those he does not like, Severus's downfall might be his lack of warm-heartedness. I can't help thinking of Corinthians 13.3 ('And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing'), and I notice that EVERYONE accepts without question that Snape murdered Dumbledore, and I am very worried for him.
I do hope that I am worrying unneccessarily!